World History Final Exam

World History Final Exam

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All human beings today belong to the ____ subspecies of human being.
C. Homo Sapiens Sapiens
Who were the first humans to learn to deliberately make fires?
B. Homo erectus
The real change in the Neolithic Revolution was the...
C. shift from hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture.
The ability to acquire food on a regular basis meant humans...
A. had less control over their environment.
Historians have identified the basic characteristics of civilizations as...
D. cities, governments, religion, social structure, writing, and art.
Anthropology is the study of...
C. human life and culture.
____ is the period before writing was developed.
D. Prehistory
What types of clues about early human life did the Leakeys find at Olduvai Gorge?
D. All of the above
Which tool(s) might indicate that a society wore clothing?
C. bone needles
Which tool(s) might indicate that a society hunted animals?
D. All of the above
Which tool(s) would be useful for catching fish?
A. bone harpoon and fishhook
Hammurabi is remembered for...
B. his law code, a collection of 282 laws.
The religion of Judaism differed from the other religions of the time in that it...
A. was monotheistic, meaning its followers believed in one God, whereas other religions were polytheistic, meaning their followers believed in many Gods.
Which is not a similarity between Egypt and Mesopotamia?
C. used hieroglyphics as a written language
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
B. founder of Buddhism